http://www.nearfantastica.com/ http://www.nearfantastica.com/ News on all things Matthew Good and the Pink Pills for your Sanity. Fri, 03 Jul 2009 12:52:27 +0700 Near Fantastica .com en-us http://www.nearfantastica.com/news/stick-to-it.html http://www.nearfantastica.com/news/stick-to-it.html Sun, 28 Jun 2009 18:49:00 -0800 Near Fantastica .com Vancouver National Anthem , from the upcoming album " Vancouver ," is up for preview on Matthew Good's blog . As we had reported before, Pete Yorn lent his voice in the recording of the song. He can be heard throughout the song providing backing vocals. Lyrics are posted in the lyrics section and up-to-date Vancouver album news can be found in our albums section ! On a side note, we'd also like to wish Matthew a very happy birthday! Vancouver is set to be released this Fall 2009. Stay tuned daily [...] http://www.nearfantastica.com/news/summer-roundup.html http://www.nearfantastica.com/news/summer-roundup.html Tue, 02 Jun 2009 21:00:00 -0800 Near Fantastica .com Unfortunately, Matthew Good and the band will not currently be performing any shows this summer. This likely means that there will be no concerts until at least after the release of the Vancouver album . In regards to the release date of the new album, it remains unofficial and uncertain. On a recent blog post, Good stated that live performances will likely begin this fall of 2009 , specifically in November, which now gives us a tentative but more probable release month for Vancouver. Back onto the matter of [...] http://www.nearfantastica.com/news/matthew-good-exposed.html http://www.nearfantastica.com/news/matthew-good-exposed.html Sun, 24 May 2009 14:05:00 -0800 Near Fantastica .com Ever wanted to see the world from Matthew Good's point of view? Now's your chance! Matthew Good will be participating in a fundraiser for Vancouver's Documentary Film Festival (DOXA) . The "Exposed" celebrity camera auction is your chance to win a unique set of undeveloped photos from a variety of today's most celebrated public figures. Not only can you win photos from Matthew Good but you'll also get snapshots from k-os , Smallville's Kristen Kreuk , Martin Sheen , Battlestar Galactica's Tahmoh [...] http://www.nearfantastica.com/news/vancouver-preview.html http://www.nearfantastica.com/news/vancouver-preview.html Thu, 16 Apr 2009 20:25:00 -0800 Near Fantastica .com Matthew Good has posted a preview of Silent Army in the Trees , a song which he has been demoing since spring 2006, on his blog. The preview will only be up until 3PM Pacific Standard Time tomorrow so tune in to Good's blog before then. The track features a whole new verse as well as a full band accompaniment. If you want to compare, we've got the demo lyrics up as well as the new lyrics for the song (linked above). Good stated that there will likely only be two songs previewed before the first single from [...] http://www.nearfantastica.com/news/vancouver-release-date.html http://www.nearfantastica.com/news/vancouver-release-date.html Thu, 16 Apr 2009 20:01:00 -0800 Near Fantastica .com Update: THE SONG PREVIEW HAS JUST BEGUN! Silent Army in the Trees is the first song to be previewed on Matthew's blog. It's official, sort of! According to Matthew Good, Vancouver looks like it is going to be released in the first week of October 2009, about five months from now. Like with Hospital Music , Good plans to stream the entire album about three weeks before the release date. In regards to a new tour, nothing is officially planned as of yet. Although Matthew did state that he "may play a few shows in [...] http://www.nearfantastica.com/news/year-in-review.html http://www.nearfantastica.com/news/year-in-review.html Tue, 17 Feb 2009 12:43:00 -0800 Near Fantastica .com 2008 proved to be a very exciting year for Matthew Good and his fans. After playing a series of acoustic shows , fans were treated to a highly anticipated full band tour with a brand new band, a live album , a tour in the USA , and a whole new set of demos for an upcoming album named Vancouver ! Although it may not have always run smoothly for Matthew last year with his bout of food poisioning and his recent case of bronchitis, Good has made an effort to help those in his home city of Vancouver. In 2008, he [...] http://www.nearfantastica.com/news/vancouver-over-time.html http://www.nearfantastica.com/news/vancouver-over-time.html Sat, 24 Jan 2009 13:42:00 -0800 Near Fantastica .com Yesterday marked the beginning of a two week countdown to completion for Matthew Good and his band. It was also the day that America swore in their first ever black President. Both momentous occasions in their own individual ways. Congratulations America! With the instrumentals by Stuart Cameron and Blake Manning completed, Matthew Good has started recording vocals for Vancouver . Blake's drumming was, as always, superb, as has been Stuart's recreation of guitar parts. For me it's a first, producing a guitar player, [...] http://www.nearfantastica.com/news/touring-vancouver.html http://www.nearfantastica.com/news/touring-vancouver.html Wed, 24 Dec 2008 17:08:00 -0800 Near Fantastica .com As the recording date for Vancouver grows nearer, Matthew Good has been kind enough to share some more of his insight with us on the creative process on the Bored . Some of the songs [on the new album] are easily played acoustically, but some are completely impossible. Don't get me wrong, I LOVE to play by myself. In fact, when I sat down to write this record that's something that was very much in my mind - whether or not to consciously write a record that was primarily acoustically based. As some of you may [...] http://www.nearfantastica.com/news/e-mail-troubles-nf-store-returns.html http://www.nearfantastica.com/news/e-mail-troubles-nf-store-returns.html Tue, 16 Dec 2008 03:45:00 -0800 Near Fantastica .com We appologize if you happened to receive more than one e-mail from the forums today. There was an issue with the forum mailing system and it resulted in multiple mailings. I have manually cancelled the rest of the mail batch to prevent any more duplicates. We will strive to prevent this from happening again in the future. Since it's likely that you did not get the e-mail, here was the gist of it: As we've now finished transferring the forums to a new server, we've also upgraded the forums! With the help of several [...] http://www.nearfantastica.com/news/matthew-good-recording-vancouver-album.html http://www.nearfantastica.com/news/matthew-good-recording-vancouver-album.html Sun, 16 Nov 2008 16:55:00 -0800 Near Fantastica .com Vancouver has been slated for recording this January 5th, 2009. The date was pushed back about a month likely due to scheduling and Matthew Good's current plan of involving a string quartet in the upcoming album. Live at Massey Hall also debuted this month at a respectable 24th in Canada's top 100 albums as only 10,000 copies of the album were printed. Live at Massey Hall is still available at some Canadian music retailers while digital copies are available online through Apple's iTunes. Stay tuned daily for more [...]